138 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Prtiinfuila. 



spur short clubbed. C'dlunm .slender erect, with no foot, nor arms. 

 Anther broad with two purple processes at the top. Pollinia fjlobose 

 with a short broad eaudicle and a rounded disc. Capsule elliptic o 

 inches long. Lindl. .lourn. J^inn. Soc. 111. 23. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI. p. 2. hi. ihruaspirua. (I riff. Notul. 340. Ic. PI. As. t. 326. 

 Lindl. l.c.c. 



Singapore (Wallich 7372), Cluia Chu Kang (Ridley) ; Malacca 

 (Gritfith), (Cuming 2059), Bukit Sabukor (l)erry 557); Johor: 

 Batu Pahat (Kelsall 4066) ; Pahang: Sungei Meang"^ (Ridley 1639) ; 

 Penang Hill (Curtis); Lankawi : Kwah (Curtis). Distril). Siam. 

 ()])en sandy s])ots. Xative name, Bawang Hantu. 



3. E. Kkitiui, Pidl. Journ. Soc. XXXJT. 333. Pseudobulbs 

 3-5 inches long 1 inch thick, cylindro-c(mic. l^eaves grassy, linear 

 acuminate 2^ inches long, ^ inch wide. Scape a foot long not 

 branched. Flowers nine, about 1\ inch across. Bracts lanceolate 

 acute -J incli long, pedicels an inch long. Sepals J inch long linear 

 acute. Petals broader, all green. Lip green, disc of midlolie white 

 with brown veins reticulated, side lobes falcate short, midlobe obovate 

 refuse crisped, keels 3) undulate ending in a conical yellow callus, 

 spur clubbed \ inch long. Column broad winged. Anther with two 

 riH'urved red processes. 



Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. Siam. 



30. GEODorji^r. Jack. 



Terrestrial herbs, with a tuberous rhizome, and herbaceous plic- 

 ate leaves. Scape from the rhizome, stout. Flowers small crowded 

 in decurved racemes, pink yellow or white. Bracts nari'ow. Sepals 

 and petals subsimilar. Lij) sessile on the base of the column entire 

 boat shaped, with a central ridge, and callus. Column short stout 

 with low wings. Anther ovate. Pollinia 2 on a strap shaped eau- 

 dicle. 



Sjiecies 5 or (i Indian, Malayan and Australian. 



Lip oblong obtuse .. .. .. ..1. G. purpureum. 



Lip ovate acute . . . . . . . . 2. 6'. cilrlnnm. 



\. C.iTRPUREL'M, P. Br. Ait. Hort. Kew Fd. 11. V. p. 207. 

 Ilor.k. (il. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 16. Pseudobulbs short. Stem 3-4 inches 

 tall. Leaves ovate lanceolate acuminate J)-12 inches long 3 inches 

 wide. Scape IH inches long raceme decurved, 2 inches, .sheaths foli- 

 aceous. Bracts lanceolate acute '^ inch long. Flowers pink or while 

 ^ inch long. Pedicels and ovary as long. Sepals oblong obtuse. 

 Petals slightly broader. Lip saccate oblong aj»ex entire or einargin- 

 ate, jtink, doited with darker colour, with a central yellow patch or 

 while witli ])iidc veins. Callus at base conic. Colnnm bioail and 



